You’re kind of missing the point of the discussion then. At the end of the day, the discussion is about what the rules will or will not allow. Arguing against custom builds being allowed is equivalent to arguing for their being banned in the final rulesets.
For everyone: Know that if that’s not your intent, make that very clearly known because we will be considering consistent argument against custom builds in these contests as equivalent to argument for banning them from the contest.
At the end of the day this Metru Build debate seems to be hiding a slightly darker undertone - whether or not it’s even worth it to have a Hagah Contest, if we’re going to be so restrictive in our rulesets to as essentially put you in the shoes of Lego designers with finite pieces. I, personally, err on the side of “If we don’t enable at least some level of creativity within the aesthetic requirements of the “Metru Build” then it could easily be more worthwhile to spend that time on a different character with more creative liberty and more use for an actual contest.”
But I digress.